OKRoads -- Florida Trip -- Interstate 485 North Carolina

Interstate 485 will eventually be a full beltway around the Charlotte metropolitan area. For now, however, it goes from Arrowood Road, east to Interstate 77, then east and north to Interstate 85. The section between Arrowood Rd. and Interstate 77 (all three miles of it) are signed as Future Interstate 485. On Day Seven of the Florida Trip, I drove all of Interstate 485.

	All of these pictures, except for the top two, are from the "outer loop" of Interstate 485. ("Outer loop" is not the official term, just mine) So here is Future Interstate 485 West at Exit 1 - NC 49 - S. Tryon St.
	Future Interstate 485 West at Exit 3 - Arrowood Rd.
	View of future Interstate 485 from the top of the off-ramp at Arrowood Rd.
	Future Interstate 485 East at Exit 1 - NC 49 - S. Tryon St.
	Future Interstate 485 East approaching Exit 67 - Interstate 77/U.S. 21/TO Interstate 85 - 1/2 mile. Of course, you can now get to Interstate 85 by continuing straight, and not have to go through downtown Charlotte!
	Future Interstate 485 East at Exit 67 - Interstate 77/U.S. 21/TO Interstate 85 - Columbia/Charlotte.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 65B - Pineville.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 65A - U.S. 521 North.
	Interstate 485 East at unmarked Exit 64B - NC 51 South.
	Interstate 485 East at unmarked Exit 64A - NC 51 North - Matthews.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 61 - U.S. 521 - Johnston Rd. U.S. 521 does not go this far south anymore; signage just had not been changed at the time I was here.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 59 - Rea Rd.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 57 - NC 46 - Providence Rd./Weddington.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 52 - Matthews.
	Interstate 485 East at Exit 51 - U.S. 74 - Charlotte/Monroe.
	Interstate 485 East c/d lane at Exit 51B - U.S. 74 East - Monroe.
	Interstate 485 East c/d lane at Exit 51A - U.S. 74 West - Charlotte. Interstate 485 East becomes Interstate 485 North following this interchange.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 49 - Idlewild Rd.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 47 - Lawyers Rd.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 44 - NC 218 - Mint Hill.
	Interstate 485 North at future Exit 42 - NC 51. After much controversy, the exit is being built near Mint Hill.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 41 - NC 24/NC 27 - Albemarle.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 39 - Harrisburg Rd.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 36 - Rocky River Rd.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 33 - NC 49 - Harrisburg.
	Interstate 485 North at Exit 32 - U.S. 29 - Charlotte/Concord.
	Interstate 485 North approaching Interstate 85 South, near the U.S. 29 interchange.
	Interstate 485 North approaching Interstate 85 North - 1/2 mile.
	Interstate 485 North at Interstate 85 North - Greensboro. This interchange will have to be reconstructed when Interstate 485's northern half is built.